As much as I like some of the gameplay , and storylines of SWTOR....this is no KOTOR 3, it is only a shell of a great single player rpg . The problem is they tried to take a great single player rpg ,and make it into a great mmo. They failed at both things the crafting feels tacked on ...the rpg elements are missing ...there is no contection to your crew , or other npc's in the game you are running thru a Star wars set is all, a empty one now. SWG had that big open sandbox Star Wars worlds to run in, to explore, to adventure in ....something missing from SWTOR. SWG lacked good storylines to play thru....but made up for that with great rpg sandbox gameplay. Somebody just needs to combine the 2 , add in the action combat game play from Star Wars the Force Unleased...and Star Wars 1313...and you would have a great Star wars MMORPG.

SWG was not perfect ....it needed the storylines of SWTOR ...there were points of broke gameplay in the game ....but the sandbox game play was great something that SWTOR needs badly ...the professions were fun , and could have been improved even more . With SWG I felt I was in a Star Wars world ...sure it need way better graphics like Star Wars Force Unleashed Graphic , or Star Wars 1313 graphics. The combat could have been made to be more action rpg style . Over all the game had the base open world adventure , exploring down ...the mining , gathering was great....manufacturing was great, drilling for water was great idea......these all made you fill apart of the world. Player housing, and cities great ideas , sure when people left the game because Sony quit supporting the game , and fixing the bugs ...then it started a down down hill slide ......but if they had supported it , fixed the bugs , and gave it a graphics upgrade it would be going strong to this day. Even WOW had it's great moments in the game as far as adventuring, and exploring goes ....something missing in SWTOR. The storylines in SWTOR are great they draw you in ...no one can deny that it's like 8 different sub KOTOR stories ...the problem is no connection to the world , or your crew .....you just don't care as much as you want to. So I'm still looking for KOTOR 3 , and know one day it will be made ....and will be awesome with the new graphics available today , and open world sandbox rpg style like Skyrim, Fallout 3 and combat action game play of Star Wars the Force Unleashed, and Star Wars 1313.

Star Wars 1313, this game is looking great ....I like the way developers are bringing new direction, and focus on another part of the Star Wars world . Reminds me of the cut scences that were done for SWTOR.......same great graphics, and immersive gameplay like being in the Star Wars movies ...Star Wars Force Unleashed 1, and 2 did the same thing with their graphics , and game play. Something to look forward to ....hopefully more developers will start Star War theme projects in the future .....Just looking for a single player RPG like Skyrim , with Star Wars theme.

I have the collectors edition for SWG ,and The JTL game also......

The sad fact is you could add SWTOR to SWG .....but you couldn't add SWG to SWTOR ....To me SWG was the last great sandbox open world mmorpg with real role playing that was gutted by SOE....SWG could have used the storylines from SWTOR .....SWTOR needs a open world sandbox open space rpg ..that SWG was. One day someone may get it right .....Right now I'm just hoping for someone to to make a great huge open world sandbox single player Star Wars RPG, maybe with co-op play.

Sure ....lol.....just like playing them in SWG ...and you are right this is no SWG , it's not even KOTOR.......Enjoy.....

First 6 were starting professions with the next ones Architect thru Image Designer being Elite Professions followed by Hybrid Professions Bio-Engineer to Squad Leader..... great professions true RPG gaming at it's best...add with SWTOR classes it would have been close to perfect .

Well on the Prima Official game guide for Star Wars Galaxies Jump To Lightspeed it says they are 3 new professions with skill trees .........

Wow I did forget one of my favorites Creature handler which someone else had mentioned before as their favorite to....You are right the Pilot was just should just be a heading ....with Privateer/ Freelance Pilot as the first Pilot profession.....

They were all Professions in SWG the Pilots were 3 new professions in JTL expansion......the top 6 were starting professions

new classes needed Artisan Brawler Enterainer Marksman Medic Scout Architect Armorsmith Carbine Specialist Chef Dancer Droid Engineer One-Handed Sword Specialist Merchant Musician Polearm Specialist Pistoleer Ranger Rifle Specialist Tailor Teras Kasi Specialist Two-handed Specialist Weaponsmith Image Designer Bio-Engineer Bounty Hunter Combat Medic Comamando Smuggler Squad leader Pilot Privateer Pilot Imperial Navy Pilot Rebel Alliance Starfighter Shipwright

Where are they getting the money to develope new content they keep promising , with only about 50,000 active gamers playing, if that.....and so many subscriptions being dropped. With free to play not coming until Nov. They are cutting back on development team....They have to be hurting for funding to keep this game going.

Wookie

This is why MMO's are failing .....Control freaks, .....GOLD farming sweat shops, selfcenter game play to get to the end game content. ....for looting profit.........The rpg is gone from mmo's .....they are only shells of rpgs. The socializing in mmo's is replaced with the what's in it for me. They are filled with elite greedy filled selfcenter ego hardcore gamers ...who want the developers to make a special game only to meet their needs , wants, and desires for profit. ....and lust for pride ....they stand around where other players will see them wearing their elite epic equipment sitting on their latest epic mount...thinking that it means something in the real world . They have no families , no life, they have shut them out for the unreal world where they feel empowered. The fun is gone replaced with a game that becomes a job , that demands all your time ....that becomes your drug of choice.....the game developer becomes your drug dealer , selling you the new content like crack ....with the promise of a new , and better high .....and in the end they can pull the plug on the game at anytime , you own nothing , all the time , money you have invested in the game is gone. You are left looking for a new game , a new dealer of gaming crack to feel that void that can never be filled...when you look back on your life you have nothing to show for it .....trust me I have. Been There

MMO's are a dying breed ....WOW was the begining of the end for MMO's it brought about Chinese gold farming sweat shops like no other mmo game in the past .....Social gaming died because mmo's became more about the self center game play to get to end game content ....then about the rpg game play factor. The rpg factor of mmo's has been replaced by profit loot farming. There should be no real money, loot selling , gold farming allowed in mmo's then you would see the true social rpg gaming restored.

That is a winner of a idea.....sounds great.

Really yes.......

I think they should make playable Wookie race ...for hard core players you get no equipment , weapons nothing no new skills you have to go through the whole game content with nothing....bare hand combat ...first person to level 50 gets lifetime subscription free , and all new content.

They are merging servers soon so transfers are moot point.

Star Wars Last Stand............Just where are they getting the money from to keep developing content for SWTOR.....free to play is not tll Nov......Few people if any are playing now I would say 50,000 at the most. It will be interesting to see just what comes out , and what is another last ditch effort to keep the few players subscribbing , with the hope of vaperware. I'm afraid it will be like SWG gutted, or Earth ,and Beyond ....game over they pull the plug on it.

Quit playing....buy GW2 on August 28.....

I think with all the different games out now days ....great RPGs like Skyrim, Fallout 3, and others so many mmo's ...all the console games like GTA4 ...action games , RTS games , FPS games have a lot to choose from when it comes to gaming anymore all of it is changing gameplay , and game types ..crossover game play styles....the whole game industry is changing , and so are gamers , and what they want to play.

To get 25 to 40 man raids is hard to group that many people in one night , unless they don't have to go to work the next day , or don't have a family...even in guilds I don't how many nights sat around waiting fro everyone to show up , then it was the lenght of the dungeon run...without someone dropping out...it's like who are they making these mmo's for chinese players who are paid to gold farm come on where is the fun of the role playing mmo it's gone to me , me , me elite guild players who have everything in the game except fun ...because they are bored , and nobody cares about their elite weapons, armor, or mounts big deal ....I just want a weapons that in solo game play have some power to them...or makes some difference in game from 5 levels before....I beleive mmo's can be fun for everyone with upgrades in weapons, and armor that makes a difference ....and loot drops that reward you. I mean if Bioware developers made SWTOR just for elite Guilds I hope they have playiong it then because nobody else will be playing...it they can me , me , me to them selfs .........,and SWTOR was not made for solo players only where are they . They can play for free right now up to level 15 ...they should be flooding the game right now with new players getting a head start on the F2P in Nov. Group ...Guild players are already playing no new players coming into the game now from them. It's like trying to play EVE , or WOW now as a new player ...you are not going to find anyone to group with , or any guild that wants you. You are to far behind everyone else in the game......you are the outcast are you having fun now. The only one who enjoys end game content , and 25 to 40 man raids are chinese gold farms......in mmo's

I played the beta ...had a funny feeling I shouldn't get this game , but there was no KOTOR 3 in the future...and I thought from the sounds of what they had plan for the future for this game that my concerns would be silenced....should have listen to my gut feeling...instead I drank the Kool Aid...this is the last mmo I will ever pay a subscription to those days are over. F2P from now on , and unless they are open world sandbox rpg's forget about......I will play SWTOR F2P just to get my nickels worth of entertainment .

Ok I can see your point about grouping and rewards , but what they need is more role playing features for solo players like SWG had ...and side quest for them to get some better loot then that crap they have in the storylines most of it is 2 levels below to do you any good. When I played SWG I didn't even care about end game ...I use to camp outside quest areas to sell buffs , and heals...The problem with Bioware they try to take a great single player rpg KOTOR, and make it into a mmo, and force solo players to group , or have no reward for playing the game, then force mmo players into a easy solo rpg, and give them no end content after level cap......the stripped any great roleplaying features out of the game so now no one has anything to do. So SWTOR is just a shell of a KOTOR game.The weapons ,and skills in this game are powerless the combat is boring after level 20...gathering ,crafting is a after thought......the game is broken if you aren't in that same level of top players to group with , you are soloing on dead servers....or on crowded servers waiting for someone to group with that is the problem. MMO elite guild players want elite content just for themselfs thats fine, but then you have a small number of players in these guilds that can't keep the subscription mmo going because non members of their guilds have no reason to play, you have cut out the new player base to keep the game going.......no new money for new content ......the new lower level players pay for the new content for group , and guild only.....that is why mmo's die.